Was Muhammed a Christian?

Some time back we could read in a Newsweek edition about a German expert in Semittic languages, who claimed that the Koran was originally written in Aramaic. For like he says, Arabic didn't exist as a written language until 150 years after the death of the prophet, and when rewritten in Aramaic many of the verses which makes no sense in Arabic suddenly make perfectly sense. For instance:

The commandment for women to cover themselves is based on a misreading of the text, he contends, according to Newsweek. The verse calling women to "snap their scarves" over their bags becomes in Aramaic "snap their belts around their waists," says Luxenberg.

An Aramaic reading of Sura 33, calling Muhammad "the seal of the prophets" � or the final and ultimate prophet of God � actually should read "witness of the prophets," he claims.

(From this source. Note that the original Newsweek article has been deleted off the internet, possibly in fear of a fatwa).

Is it really so that the Adversary managed to confuse the Arabs by translating the Koran to another language just like he had managed to fool the Chistians by translating their works into Latin and Greek, and how he nearly managed to destroy sound Judaism with the Talmud before that again? Is the Koran we know today the product of Arabic nationalism 150 years after the death of the prophet? Just like the Christian Bible we know today is the product of Roman imperialism a little earlier? For it is indeed strange that at the same time kalif Usman (the third kalif after Muhammed) burnt all existing manuscripts of the Koran he could find, in order to standardise the Koran, by making a new one based on the "original" manuscript kept by Hafsa. All this happened at the very same time that Arabic as a written language was born, about 150 years after the death of the prophet who alledgely received the book in the Arabic language, something which scholars nowdays have great problems understanding. If the Koran was written in Arabic, then why don't we have any other written material written in Arabic until 150 years after Muhammed's death?

Anyway, when translated (back?) into Aramaic, which was the common language at the time of Muhammed in the area where he lived and served, the text suddenly makes perfect sense also in a Christian and even Jewish perspective, and many of the suras which today is nearly impossible to understand in Arabic, suddenly makes perfect sense. Like in the two simple examples above. My question is then: Was the Koran Muhammed received by the tongue of Arch Gabriel infact a Christian doctrine meant for the gentiles and as a blessing for the children of Ismael, the brother of Isaac? Will Muhammed return in these days like one of the two endtime Witnesses which is spoken of in the Book of Revelation? And is he just as misunderstood as Jesjuah is?

Blessings,
Mikromarius

Muhammed was a prophet like Christ but much of his works have been distorted deliberately for purposes of negative control over people.

No, mohammed and Christ were not alike at all, to say that neo means you misunderstand who christ was.

However I have read that as well about the Koran, being written in Aramaic. But the parts about the mistranslations is interesting. Its a pity though that even if it were true, nothing would ever come of it and even to suggest it could get you the death penalty in some islamic countries.

Makes me wonder about the corruption of a religion and the twisting of it that turns it into the malignant thing that it is today...

you talk of islam as if its any different from your own

NC,

no offense meant but I think you are mistaken,

consider this:

Both were prophets
Both had similar beliefs
They came at relatively same era.
Both founded great religions
Both resulted in major religious study and works being produced about their exploits
Both had similar roots in their faiths
Both came from nearly the same geographic area

when reading the Koran I even see similarities with the old testament and less so with the new testament. Since I have strong reason to believe that the Koran is like the bible, corrupted then we may find that the differences between Christians and Muslims are even less than we now believe.

Oh and to assuade your fears I am not globalist desiring the unification of all churchs into world church. I find that idea abhorrent especially if people are not for it themselves and it is being forced upon them by some unseen hand.

Originally posted by THENEO
NC,

no offense meant but I think you are mistaken,

Certianly no offence taken

consider this:

Both were prophets Nope, Jesus was the one to whom the prophets pointed to, John the Baptist was the prophet, Jesus what the person he was prophesising about
Both had similar beliefs ... such as? so did many people. Mohammed got his ideas from a christian sect in the desert, so he would have the same ideas.
They came at relatively same era. Mohammed was 500 years later

Both founded great religions, Both resulted in major religious study and works being produced about their exploits, similar does not mean the same, one of these leads on from the other anyway

Both had similar roots in their faiths yes the old testament
Both came from nearly the same geographic area doesn't mean a thing

when reading the Koran I even see similarities with the old testament and less so with the new testament.

well you would the OT is part of the Koran and the eye for an eye precepts are carried on. The Koran is what the OT might have become if Christ hadn't come along.